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Scarce 1907-D Barber Dime, MS66
Ex: Eliasberg, Duckor

1907-D 10C MS66 PCGS. Ex: Duckor. In the Eliasberg catalog, Q. David Bowers noted the following: "Frosty luster. Warmly toned in intermingled shades of golden brown, gunmetal-blue, and pewter-gray. Somewhat scarcer than realized. A sleeper. In fact, in Mint State this is among the top dozen or so hardest issues to find. Keep your eye on this one." There is not a great deal that we can add to this concise description. The design elements on both sides are sharply rendered. In all Mint State grades, PCGS has only certified 40 examples of this date, the fifth lowest population within the entire series, and yet 42 issues have lower mintages.
The rarity of this issue has been explained by a story that a delivery wagon full of 1907-D Barber dimes and quarters tipped over, spilling a load of these coins in the Black Canyon, not far from Gunnison, Colorado. This is located in Southwestern Colorado, about half way between Colorado Springs and the Utah border. It is not known if this is a true story, but we can envision throngs of treasure hunters traveling to that location. Population: 5 in 66, 1 finer (3/09).
Ex: Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection (Bowers and Merena, 4/1996), lot 1289; 2006 FUN (Heritage, 1/2006), lot 1015.(Registry values: N4719)

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 23F4, PCGS# 4843, GSID# 4378)

Metal: 90% Silver, 10% Copper
Weight: 2.49 grams
ASW: 0.07205oz
Mintage: 4,080,000

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